Exercise 19-15 EPS; net loss; nonconvertible preferred stock; shares sold [LO19-
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Exercise 19-15 EPS; net loss; nonconvertible preferred stock; shares sold [LO19-5, 19-6, 19-7]
At December 31, 2017, Albrecht Corporation had outstanding 393,000 shares of common stock and 12,000 shares of 9.5%, $100 par value cumulative, nonconvertible preferred stock. On May 31, 2018, Albrecht sold for cash 12,000 shares of its common stock. No cash dividends were declared for 2018. For the year ended December 31, 2018, Albrecht reported a net loss of $2,086,000.
Required:
Calculate Albrecht's net loss per share for the year ended December 31, 2018. (Enter your answers in thousands. Negative amounts should be indicated by a minus sign.)
Explanation / Answer
Solution :
Note:
If a company declares dividends on preferred stock and a net loss occurs, the company increases the loss by the amount of the dividend for the reporting period. If the preferred stock is cumulative and the company has net income but declares no dividend in the current year, it subtracts an amount equal to the dividend that it should have declared for the current year only. Other ways if the stock is cumulative and the company reports a net loss, but declares no dividend in the current year, the loss should be increased by the amount of the dividend for the year (FASB 126 - 9).
Therefore, to compute the weighted average common shares outstanding:
SHARES ISSUED Time outstanding Total
373,000 12/12 (Jan 1 - December 31st ) 373,000
12,000 7/12 (June 1 - December 31st ) 7,000
380,000
The preferred dividend would be :
=12,000 X $100 X 9.5% = 114,000
Therefore,
EPS / Net loss per share would be : $ 2086,000 – 114,000 = 5.19
$ 380,000
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